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A. M. MAXWELL.

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No. 313,604. Patented'Mar. 10, 1885.

A Z F m# .MMM JW] j Iiirrn drains Partnr @trice ALBERT M. MAXVELL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR F ONEHALF TO LEWIS II. VEDDER, 0F SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,604-, dated March 10, 1885.

Application led March 5, 1884.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT M. MAXWELL, of Detroit, in the county of Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tables; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to the construction of tables of that class wherein the legs are made detachable, admitting of shipment of the table in what is called a knockdown7 state; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and Various combinations of the parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth. l

Figure l is a perspective View of a corner of a table from the inside, showing` the con- 2o struction and operation of parts, the three corners of the table being mere duplicates.

. Fig. 2 is a central cross-section on line .r x of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of the leg-casting.

In the accompanying drawings, which forni a part of this specification, A A represent two rails of a table-frame,and B one of the legs thereof.

Rigidly secured upon the inside corner of 3o the leg is a casting, C, substantially of the form shown, preferably by screws a.

D represents strap-plates,which are rigidly secured to the inner face of the rails A, as shown, their outer ends being flush with the ends of such rail, and beingalso provided at that end with an inwardly-projecting inclined or beveled iiange, c, which engages, when the parts are together, with the beveled edges of the casting C. Each of these strapplates D 4o is provided with a laterally-projecting in- (No model.)

clined slotted guide, E, with which engages a clamping cross-bar, F, provided with a T-head upon each end for that purpose.

G is a bolt, the head of which is concealed within the casting C, its outer end passing between two projecting studs, d, upon the crossbar, forming a recess through which the bolt passes or through a hole at the center of its length, and receiving upon its outer end a thumb-nut, H. 5o

It will be noticed thatin this construction I avoid the necessity of grooves and tenons,and that the parts being adjusted together as shown in Fig. l, by turning up the nut H, the crossbar is compelled to slide in the diverging 5 5 guides E, drawing the leg firmly against the ends oi the rails and securelylocking the parts together. y

I are lugs projecting inwardly from the castings G, upon which the lugs .I ofthe plates 6o D rest when the parts are together, preventing an accidental dropping ofthe rails.

NVhat I claim as nly invention isl. A locking device for table-legs consisting of the casting C, plates D, ,provided with 6 5 guides E, cross-bar F, and bolt G, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The rails A, provided with inwardlyprojecting diverging guides E, in combination with the leg B, plate C, bolt G, connected with 7o the plate C and provided with a nut, as shown, and a sliding bar, F, by means of -which the leg and rails of a table are secured together, all constructed, arranged, and operating substantiallyin the manner and for the purposes set `forth.

ALBERT. M. MAXWELL.

lNitnesses:

H. S. SPRIGUE, E. SoULLY. 

